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Japan's New Science Adviser Wants to Shake Up Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Kiyoshi Kurokawa doesn't mince words. As the Japanese government's first handpicked science adviser, he wants to completely overhaul the country's higher-education system. And he believes he has the passion and -- at a sprightly 70 -- the energy to do it.

Posted by Physics Today on May 25, 2007 10:38 AM |

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